Recommending that the Speaker of the House of Representatives not move to proceed to the consideration of the House Resolution finding Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, in contempt of Congress pursuant to the report of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include individuals who have exhausted all rights to emergency unemployment compensation under title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 as a targeted group for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit.

Recognizing the 75th birthday of the Honorable Barbara Charline Jordan, American politician, leader of the Civil Rights movement, first African-American elected to the Texas Senate, first Southern black woman ever elected to the United States House of Representatives, inspirational figure in the Progressive movement, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with existing law, enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit systems and other modes of surface transportation; and for other purposes.

Denouncing the practices of female genital mutilation, domestic violence, ""honor"" killings, acid burnings, dowry deaths, and other gender-based persecutions, expressing the sense of Congress that participation, protection, recognition, and equality of women is crucial to achieving a just, moral and peaceful society, and for other purposes.

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